50 shades of red: With GOP supermajorities come many factions to herd

Republican caucus is made up of varying interests, but multiple voting blocks overlap   More

For state Dems, not losing is the new winning

After 7 Dems retired and 3 were drawn out of district, party leaders see retaining seats, adding 4 as victory More

Haslam, Harwell raise $282K for Republican legislative candidates

Funds deposited to Governor’s Leadership Fund, from which Tennessee Republican Party controls spending   More

Study: Alternative teacher training programs more successful than traditional ones

Teach for America Nashville and Memphis, and Memphis Teacher Residency among most effective   More

After NCLB, state Department of Education offers more tools to grade schools

New tools also move beyond standards under No Child Left Behind Act, which state received waiver from More

State GOP outspends Dems by near 3-to-1 margin in final days

Republicans spend about $1.74 million into state-level races while Democrats spend $617,811 More

Appeals court upholds voter ID law, drawing mixed reaction

Decision overturns lower court’s decision on validity of library cards but upholds decision on constitutionality    More

Haslam: State takes no pleasure in keeping funds from Metro over Great Hearts

Great Hearts dispute has turned partisan inside General Assembly, with Republicans defending move to withhold funds More

State docks Metro Schools more than $3 million for rejecting Great Hearts

State Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman said the state had "no choice but to take this action" More
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Buoyed by primary win, GOP conservative wing takes aim at speaker's seat

Challenge to House Speaker Beth Harwell’s position from right may be about ideology … or just about power grab More
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